While some might look at it as a daunting prospect, it’s important to remember that professionals want to challenge themselves at the highest level, and against the best.

This is the challenge we want.

We must also look at this within the wider context of the following years – with the 2015 AFC Asian Cup on home soil, Brazil provides Ange Postecoglou and his men the chance to mix it up with some of the greatest players of this era on the world’s biggest stage.

Group B will expose our players to as close to the pinnacle of football that you can get in the group stages. The lights will most certainly be on bright.

Who awaits the Socceroos next June?

First up, a trip to the newly completed Arena Pantanal in Cuiabá to face Chile. With Juve’s midfield general Arturo Vidal, Barcelona’s in-form Alexis Sánchez, Cardiff’s Gary Medel (a personal favourite of mine) and even Wigan’s Jean Beausejour to contend with, this is a team that can cause some real trouble. Finished third in CONMEBOL qualifying behind Argentina and Colombia. The Socceroos are 0-1-3 against the Chileans, with the last match played a 2-1 loss in February 2000.

Next stop? The ‘Happy Harbour’ Porto Alegre (which incidentally sounds like a lovely place to visit) to face 2010 finalists the Netherlands. A side brimming with youth, with a sprinkling of top, top players. Robin van Persie, Tim Krul, Arjen Robben, Kevin Strootman and Rafael van der Vaart come to mind. I could name more, but you get the idea. Finished undefeated and on top of their (admittedly weak) qualifying group. Did you know? The Socceroos have NEVER lost to the Dutch. Having met three times (all since 2006), the record stands at 1-2-0. Handy.

The final match of the group stage sees the Socceroos line up against 2008/2012 European and reigning World champions, Spain at Arena da Baixada, Curitiba. I’m not going to try and identify their key men, because I might as well copy/paste their entire squad list from the past few qualifying fixtures. You can’t dispute that the squad is ageing, but La Roja arguably have even greater depth this time around. No nation has ever won four major tournaments in a row, but this side will give it a red hot go. The Socceroos have never faced Spain, which also means we’ve never lost to them either. YES.

Over the three group matches, we’ll see if Maty Ryan can keep Alexis at bay, if Cahill can find a way past Krul, and if Milligan and Jedinak can go toe-to-toe with Xavi and Iniesta.

This evening the player that has arguably defined the new NRL era will play his final game, amazingly in today’s climate for the club that he began with just over 10 years ago. I will start by declaring that I am a Benji admirer – that might sounds like most rugby league fans, but the reality is I’m one of the minority.

I’ve never quite seen an athlete, let alone a rugby league player that can garner so much admiration yet also hate because of immense talent. Benji Marshall is, without doubt, the most naturally talented rugby league player I have, and possibly will ever, see. There are players who have performed better than Benji during his career, but none of them come close to his talent.

My opinion may be swayed by my choice of NRL team, but I implore you to watch the below and disagree with me.

Talent, however, will only get you so far.

In 2004 Wests Tigers won the final World Sevens competition, unsurprisingly with Benji at the forefront. In 7th minute of the semi-final against St George Illawarra, with the Tigers trailing 12-4, Marshall produced a masterstroke – the now customary hop, skip and step, before reaching his right arm out and flicking the ball one handed to captain Darren Senter, who scored under the posts. Fans and commentators marvelled at how he possibly produced that.

On days such as that, players have a lot of free time between matches, which in this case meant sitting in their designated area of the SCG indoor centre. For an hour prior to that semi-final, Marshall stood with teammate Bronson Harrison. He would bounce a football in front of him, catch it and flick it one handed to Harrison, who would do the same in return. A seemingly innocuous bit of play between two mates, was in fact the basis of training that many would later proclaim Marshall couldn’t ever have taken seriously. He was performing training that most people wouldn’t even attempt – but that was Benji’s mastery, the things even the best rugby league player’s would never attempt.

When you think about the memories that you’ll tell your grandchildren about, for me Benji exists at the forefront of all my sporting memories. He plays sport the way it is supposed to be played – with flair, with exuberance, and most importantly he plays for entertainment. Benji goes out every week to entertain and hope in doing so to win, something that professional sport has sucked the life out of in many modern athletes. In an era of high performance units, set in concrete structures and wrestling tactics, Benji skips, steps, speeds away and throws a no-look pass to a person 15m away from him.

I’ve certainly had a unique view of Benji throughout his career (I still claim that I had the best view of his 2005 grand final flick pass than any spectator other than Matt Bowen), but it is something that has only seen my admiration of him grow. For all intents and purposes, Benji was not supposed to have a 10 year rugby league career, his body was just not made for it. Multiple reconstructions to both shoulders, knee problems, ankle problems – he’s had them all. And beyond that he’s come back from all of them, in 2010 to win the Golden Boot. Off the field he’s faced intense scrutiny like any other high profile athlete, yet handled it like the champion that he is. I’ve never seen him, EVER, knock back a fan asking for an autograph or a photo, whether the situation be appropriate or not.

That is not to say the scrutiny doesn’t affect him – it does. Benji’s number one priority in his career is to entertain the people and it’s a job he’s done brilliantly for a decade. One news organisation in particular has consistently peddled the idea Benji is a spoiled brat who needs to be knocked down a peg, yet that only exacerbates the belief that they have no idea about the guy as a person. It goes some way to explaining the sometimes vitriolic opinions of him within the rugby league community, yet it also shows just how much influence the media has over the image of sportspeople.

I could quite easily go on all day about what Benji Marshall has done for rugby league in this country and his own, but I won’t. There is a generation of kids who play the game because of him, and spend their weekends in winter doing the Benji step and the flick pass, and that is his legacy. I have no shame in declaring that from a sporting sense, Benji is my hero. In the wonderfully produced mini-doco above about his famous flick pass in 2005 you can hear Paul Vautin in commentary say “Was that a flick pass from Marshall? Oh stop it!”. I have to disagree Fatty – Benji, please don’t stop.

Liverpool will improve this season – Despite scoring just one goal in the win over Stoke, there were plenty of promising signs for Brendan Rodgers’ side. There were chances-a-plenty, with that lethal edge missing at times. As the new signings become more familiar with one another, the goals will flow. The penalty save was a huge moment for Simon Mignolet – the perfect way to begin his time at Anfield.

Asmir Begovic is a beast – There would’ve been far more scored had it not been for the Bosnian. Stoke certainly aren’t without options either, with England international Jack Butland unable to make the bench, behind Thomas Sorensen (for GW1, at least). Surely other clubs will inquire about Begovic’s availability.

Arsenal need to sign… someone – They’ve got the money to spend, but no one wants to sign (it would appear). CB and another option up front are the biggest priorities.

Koscielny – Hot & Cold – Brilliant one week, not so the next. This man loves conceding a penalty, red cards, and even scoring a sneaky own goal. Can be great, can be a liability.

Christian Benteke is a beast – Arguably Villa’s most important piece of business over the summer was holding onto this man. How they managed to do so is anyone’s guess.

Villa on the rise? – They’ve certainly recruited well. Just shows how important staying up was. It’s too early to say how far they’ll go in 2013-14, but I don’t think it’s too absurd to say they won’t be battling for relegation.

Never count out the champions – For many pundits, Manchester United are third favourites for the 2013-14 title behind Chelsea and Manchester City. Some also thought they’d have a tough time at the Liberty Stadium, but van Persie and Welbeck had other ideas. Huge win for David Moyes, particularly with the challenging fixtures ahead. Once someone lends Carrick a helping hand in midfield, they’ll be more than just fine.

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Over the last three years, Dwight Howard’s impending free agency has been labelled the ‘Dwightmare’ due to Howard’s public refusal to declare where he wanted to play, his desire to be loved, and his indecision to make a choice and live with it. It’s resulted in one of the most dominant and popular athletes in the NBA to be vilified across the league, leaving only burnt jerseys and hard feelings. Dwight Howard earned the right to choose where to play where he wanted. And he wanted to be a Houston Rocket.

How awkward is this year’s All Star Weekend going to be with him and Kobe?!

As a Laker fan, I’m sad to see Dwight Howard leave, but I’m not heartbroken. I really do wish Dwight Howard the best (if the best means every success short of winning an NBA championship…I’m not bitter…). He never really embraced being a Laker or sounded like he wanted to be a Laker, and in turn, the fans never really embraced him like one of our own. And that’s the thing with Dwight: he needs to be loved and he needs to see it. That’s why the Lakers paid for those ‘D12 #stay’ billboards.

Just one of the billboards that was mocked by the internet

[Tangent rant: I’m not as angry about the Lakers running the ‘D12 #Stay’ campaign as others are. People comment on how weak the Lakers looked for attempting to woo a free agent with banners, saying that it was ‘un-Laker like’ or ‘it’s pretty pathetic’ or ‘GOD DAMN IT JIM BUSS WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!’ Truth is though, Dwight Howard loves grand gestures of love. He’s a unique free agent in that regard and wants people to fight over him. While the Lakers have never used that tactic before to recruit a free agent, they tailored their campaign to what they thought would be the most receptive towards Dwight. That’s why I don’t blame them. If CP3 was the Lakers free agent (still a touchy subject…damn you Stern), you wouldn’t have seen ‘CP3 #Stay bill boards’. Dwight Howard is the exception to the traditional Laker way of recruiting, not the new normal. And I think we’ll find that Dwight leaving Los Angeles is the same: the exception, not the new norm.]

Laker fans wanted him to earn their adulation and love like two people who start dating and fall in love through commitment and trust (or so I’ve been told). Houston fans threw their love at Dwight like a cheap hooker and told him what he wanted to hear. And if Dwight’s personal life is anything to go by *cough* 8 different babies with 8 different baby mamas *cough* then Dwight was always going to respond well to the idea of playing in Houston. Throw in the fact that there will be less pressure on Dwight to deliver, a younger core including James Harden and Chandler Parsons and a city that is genuinely happy to have him, Dwight Howard made not only the best decision for him, but the smart decision.

Parsons and Harden, aka ‘Beauty and the Beard’, attempting the difficult ‘High Five’ after finding out Dwight’s decision.

But did he?

I mean he did leave $30 million on the table by bolting to Houston, being the first superstar the Lakers have failed to resign (apart from AC Green, but you already knew that). Does that show how committed he is to winning? Or does it show that he couldn’t handle the bright lights of Los Angeles? It’s interesting because of the different ways that people are trying to spin the reasons why he left. Is he leaving because he doesn’t like Kobe? Or is he leaving because he doesn’t like Mike D’Antoni and the offence the Lakers run? Or is he leaving because he can work with Kevin McHale, one of the most skilled big men in history. Maybe he’s leaving because Houston apparently has an amazing strip club scene which can help serve Dwight’s insatiable appetite for producing babies (I know I’ve already made a Dwight baby joke, but for a guy who declares himself a devout Christian, it’s pretty hilarious that he’s allegedly fathered 8 different children with 8 different women. I guess Jesus did preach love to all…but I don’t think he meant it this literally…). Maybe he left $30 million on the table because it would mean he would have to pay more child support?!?! (OK, that was my last baby mama joke).

The problem is, there’s an awful lot of contradiction as to why Dwight is exactly leaving, and throw in the fact that Dwight doesn’t like confrontation, he comes across as someone who wants to keep everyone happy while alienating everyone (apart from Houston). That’s why he opted into the final year of his contract with the Magic in an attempt to keep everyone happy before forcing a trade to the Lakers. That’s why he declared how much he was looking forward to playing in Los Angeles for years and wanted to ‘have fun’ before being ejected in the playoffs when the Lakers needed him most. Not the most ideal way to play your last game as a Laker.

So now Howard is off to Houston to play for a team that is supposed to play through Dwight in the post. That’s all well and good except the Rockets play an up-tempo offence that centres around James Harden creating off screens. Heck, Mike D’Antoni is jealous of the pick and roll action that the Rockets used last season! Putting the ball in James Harden’s hands and allowing him to find shooters was the best thing that Kevin McHale had ever done as a coach. Hell, we still don’t know if Kevin McHale is a good coach because the Rockets actually finished below the Lakers last year. They would’ve been swept out of the playoffs if Russell Westbrook wasn’t Russell Westbrook’ed by Patrick Beverley (it’s as if Russell Westbrook wasn’t angry enough before his injury. Lord have mercy on Patrick Beverley). The point is, as much as the Rockets are claiming that they’re going to be playing through Dwight, they’re much better playing through Harden. Why?

Because Dwight sucks in the post! I watched enough Laker games last season to realise that while he demands a double team. He’s not very good at passing out of one and it often leads to a turnover or a shooting foul which results in a Hack-a-Howard situation. Which would be fine if Dwight was a good free throw shooter (he’s not).

It’s going to be interesting to see the Rockets offence with Howard and if he continues to insist the Rockets play inside-out or he finally accepts that he’s the best roll man in the game.

And as Bill Simmons suggests, after 9 years in the league, he hasn’t really improved in the post and probably never will. He is who he is. Who is he? He’s one of the most dominant roll men in the NBA today…except he’s too stupid and stubborn to realise it. Putting Dwight in a pick and roll with James Harden with Chandler Parsons on the weak side would be deadly. The only problem is Dwight doesn’t want to play pick and roll basketball. To which I say:

Why is Shaq doing all this? Simple: He’s just mindfucking Dwight. He’s playing head games with him and it’s paid dividends. He’s actually convinced Dwight to shun away from the most dominant part of his game in an attempt to prove Shaq wrong. Only problem is that all Dwight’s doing is proving Shaq right. We should just start calling Shaq ‘The Big Mindfuck’.

Shaq’s greatest mindfuck happened when he stated that he preferred Brook Lopez (the non–Sideshow Bob Lopez brother) and Andrew Bynum (who rehabs by dancing and supporting Playboy Playmates) to Dwight because of Dwight’s ‘pick-and-roll’ style of play. Dwight may have shrugged it off but now more than ever he’s insisting in playing with his back to the basket which has not translated into success in both Orlando and Los Angeles. Shaq has mindfucked Dwight to the point where he doesn’t want anything to do with the most effective weapon he has in offence because that’s not what the ‘traditional big man’ does to dominate. WHO THE FUCK CARES HOW YOU DOMINATE! JUST DOMINATE!

Of course Dwight may have just refused to run the pick-and-roll because he didn’t like playing for the Lakers, but isn’t it more fun to think that he’s not doing it because Shaq’s run the greatest mindfuck since P. Diddy mindfucked Jonah Hill in ‘Get Him To The Greek’?:

It’s amazing Shaq and Dwight shared this special moment:

The idea that Dwight wants to play more in the post because Shaq insists that’s what the great centres do is childish and laughable. You know what the great centres do? They play in Los Angeles and become immortal. George Mikan, Shaq, Wilt, Kareem all cemented their legacies under the bright lights of Hollywood. Dwight could’ve joined that list if he wanted to. Instead, he’s joining Hakeem, Ralph Sampson, Moses Malone and Yao Ming in Houston. Still great company, but not Mount Rushmore company. Maybe the lights of Los Angeles were too bright for Dwight, or maybe he just wanted to be in a situation that helped him succeed the most. He said that he wanted to be in a situation that would help him succeed and win.

See this is where Dwight’s comments get confusing. He says that Houston presents a situation where he can best contend for a championship. While Houston’s core is much younger and is better suited to contend next season, the Lakers have almost no salaries on their books in 2014 (apart from Steve Nash) and can throw their money wherever they want (hello LeBron and Carmelo). After firing Mike Brown (who had a really large mouth), they even hired a coach that ran sets which maximized Dwight’s effectiveness. That’s why the Lakers brought in Mike D’Antoni, because they realised that Dwight Howard was most effective in the pick-and-roll situation.

On paper this should have worked. Steve Nash (one of the league’s best pick and roll point guards ever) with Dwight Howard (one of the league’s best roll men) in an offence designed by Mike D’Antoni (pick and roll offensive genius) should’ve been lethal. Throw in Kobe in on the weak side as a release and it should’ve been an unstoppable move (and it was when they ran it). Except that Dwight refused to set proper screens, roll hard and fully commit the offence. You know when Steve Nash is frustrated with someone there’s a problem. Which is hard because Steve Nash might be the greatest team mate in all of sports history!

So when you hear about how much even Steve Nash was fed up with Dwight’s antics, the writing was on the wall.

It also needs to be mentioned that the Rockets are James Harden’s team. He’s their guy and is going to be the one who takes the big shot. Sure it might be a Dwayne Wade-LeBron James situation where Harden cedes power to Dwight, but Dwight isn’t LeBron. You can’t just give Dwight the ball in crunch time in the post and let him go to work or draw a foul. He’s too unreliable. Dwight wanted to go to Houston to be ‘the man’. What happens when Houston fans start complaining about Dwight’s free throw shooting costing them games? His tendency to turn the ball over? Maybe the Stringer Bell/Avon Barksdale dynamic will be more suited to Dwight and Harden than it is for Westbrook and Durant, or LeBron and Wade. I’m just speculating here, but I think fans will jump on Dwight and blame him for the Rockets problems whether it’s fair or not. Harden has already won the Houston crowd over (with that magnificent beard of his) and has earned his get-out-of-jail-free-because-he-doesn’t-play-defense-because-he’s-carrying-the-offense card. Dwight hasn’t earned his yet.

In saying that, Houston fans are probably just happy to have him there rendering that whole last paragraph useless…

In the end though, Dwight made his decision. I can’t fault him for what he did and it is sad to see him leave, but I’m not torn up about it. And it doesn’t seem like the other Laker fans are, either. All Laker fans wanted was for Dwight to say that he was ‘All in for L.A’ like he did in his Adidas campaign.

That never happened and as a result, Laker fans were never ‘all in for Dwight’.

And that my friends, is The Final Buzzer.

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Standings

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Matt

Super Rugby

Chiefs v Crusaders

Bulls v Brumbies

NRL

Cowboys v Broncos

Bulldogs v Eels

Dragons v Raiders

Titans v Rabbitohs

Warriors v Storm

Sharks v Panthers

Knights v Roosters

Tigers v Sea Eagles

AFL

Essendon v Hawthorn

Gold Coast v Carlton

Melbourne v North Melbourne

Collingwood v GWS

Geelong v St Kilda

Fremantle v Adelaide

Port Adelaide v Brisbane

Western Bulldogs v West Coast

Sydney v Richmond

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Adrian

Super Rugby

Chiefs v Crusaders

Bulls v Brumbies

NRL

Cowboys v Broncos

Bulldogs v Eels

Dragons v Raiders

Titans v Rabbitohs

Warriors v Storm

Sharks v Panthers

Knights v Roosters

Tigers v Sea Eagles

AFL

Essendon v Hawthorn

Gold Coast v Carlton

Melbourne v North Melbourne

Collingwood v GWS

Geelong v St Kilda

Fremantle v Adelaide

Port Adelaide v Brisbane

Western Bulldogs v West Coast

Sydney v Richmond

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James

Super Rugby

Chiefs v Crusaders

Bulls v Brumbies

NRL

Cowboys v Broncos

Bulldogs v Eels

Dragons v Raiders

Titans v Rabbitohs

Warriors v Storm

Sharks v Panthers

Knights v Roosters

Tigers v Sea Eagles

AFL

Essendon v Hawthorn

Gold Coast v Carlton

Melbourne v North Melbourne

Collingwood v GWS

Geelong v St Kilda

Fremantle v Adelaide

Port Adelaide v Brisbane

Western Bulldogs v West Coast

Sydney v Richmond

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Tomo

Super Rugby

Chiefs v Crusaders

Bulls v Brumbies

NRL

Cowboys v Broncos

Bulldogs v Eels

Dragons v Raiders

Titans v Rabbitohs

Warriors v Storm

Sharks v Panthers

Knights v Roosters

Tigers v Sea Eagles

AFL

Essendon v Hawthorn

Gold Coast v Carlton

Melbourne v North Melbourne

Collingwood v GWS

Geelong v St Kilda

Fremantle v Adelaide

Port Adelaide v Brisbane

Western Bulldogs v West Coast

Sydney v Richmond

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David

Super Rugby

Chiefs v Crusaders

Bulls v Brumbies

NRL

Cowboys v Broncos

Bulldogs v Eels

Dragons v Raiders

Titans v Rabbitohs

Warriors v Storm

Sharks v Panthers

Knights v Roosters

Tigers v Sea Eagles

AFL

Essendon v Hawthorn

Gold Coast v Carlton

Melbourne v North Melbourne

Collingwood v GWS

Geelong v St Kilda

Fremantle v Adelaide

Port Adelaide v Brisbane

Western Bulldogs v West Coast

Sydney v Richmond

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Standings

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Matt

Super Rugby

Crusaders v Reds

Brumbies v Cheetahs

NRL

Tigers v Warriors

Raiders v Eels

Roosters v Sharks

Panthers v Knights

Sea Eagles v Titans

Rabbitohs v Dragons

AFL

North Melbourne v Carlton

Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs

GWS v Essendon

Gold Coast v Collingwood

St Kilda v Port Adelaide

Melbourne v Brisbane

Richmond v Fremantle

Adelaide v Geelong

West Coast v Sydney

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Adrian

Super Rugby

Crusaders v Reds

Brumbies v Cheetahs

NRL

Tigers v Warriors

Raiders v Eels

Roosters v Sharks

Panthers v Knights

Sea Eagles v Titans

Rabbitohs v Dragons

AFL

North Melbourne v Carlton

Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs

GWS v Essendon

Gold Coast v Collingwood

St Kilda v Port Adelaide

Melbourne v Brisbane

Richmond v Fremantle

Adelaide v Geelong

West Coast v Sydney

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James

Super Rugby

Crusaders v Reds

Brumbies v Cheetahs

NRL

Tigers v Warriors

Raiders v Eels

Roosters v Sharks

Panthers v Knights

Sea Eagles v Titans

Rabbitohs v Dragons

AFL

North Melbourne v Carlton

Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs

GWS v Essendon

Gold Coast v Collingwood

St Kilda v Port Adelaide

Melbourne v Brisbane

Richmond v Fremantle

Adelaide v Geelong

West Coast v Sydney

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Tomo

Super Rugby

Crusaders v Reds

Brumbies v Cheetahs

NRL

Tigers v Warriors

Raiders v Eels

Roosters v Sharks

Panthers v Knights

Sea Eagles v Titans

Rabbitohs v Dragons

AFL

North Melbourne v Carlton

Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs

GWS v Essendon

Gold Coast v Collingwood

St Kilda v Port Adelaide

Melbourne v Brisbane

Richmond v Fremantle

Adelaide v Geelong

West Coast v Sydney

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David

Super Rugby

Crusaders v Reds

Brumbies v Cheetahs

NRL

Tigers v Warriors

Raiders v Eels

Roosters v Sharks

Panthers v Knights

Sea Eagles v Titans

Rabbitohs v Dragons

AFL

North Melbourne v Carlton

Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs

GWS v Essendon

Gold Coast v Collingwood

St Kilda v Port Adelaide

Melbourne v Brisbane

Richmond v Fremantle

Adelaide v Geelong

West Coast v Sydney

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https://whosplayingwho.net/2013/07/13/the-punt-101/#respondSat, 13 Jul 2013 05:38:57 +0000http://whosplayingwho.net/?p=4639Adrian and Matt both won in last week’s #100, earning a bonus $100 to celebrate this most joyous of occasions. It appears the rest of the competition have given up hope… Will they both increase their lead this week?

Standings

(Total)(Change from last week)

1. Matt ($189.40) (+$147.10)

2. Adrian ($96.70) (+$122.20)

3. Tomo ($92) (-$10)

4. David (-$48.50) (-$10)

5. James (-$111.60) (-$10)

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Matt

Super Rugby Rd 20 – Waratahs def Reds @ $1.65 – The Tahs will want to end their season on a high, and with Genia and Horwill missing for the Reds, I think they can.

&

Club Friendly – Man Utd def A League All Stars @ $1.33 – Even with Rooney missing, the Red Devils should put plenty past the mixture of average A League players and Wanderers legends.

= $2.19

Adrian

NRL – Eels v Panthers – Over 48.5 pts @ $2.50 – I’ve got a feeling this one will be a try-fest.

&

AFL – Swans v GWS – Swans by 1-59 @ $3.35 – The Giants will fire up for this one, and will keep it within 59pts.

= $8.38

James

DNB

Tomo

DNB

David

DNB

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